I have a number of questions very much like this one from Lee Grainger…
Reading what you had to say about the MeTV Toons Channel made me all the more unhappy that I can't get it in my area. What should I do?
Well, first of all, make sure you really can't get it in your area. Use this search engine to check that out. A lot of times, it's on a sub-channel and a lot of people don't know how to get those…or have TV sets so old they can't get them. But check.
In Los Angeles, it's on two over-the-air channels, KSFV (27.1) and KAZA (54.3). If you're in L.A. and you get your TV signals via an antenna, can you get Channel 27 and/or 54? If you can, you may need to have your TV rescan for newly-added channels and if you do, MeTV Toons might appear. Instructions on how to rescan are on that page I just linked you to. If it doesn't, use Google, find the phone number of one of the stations that's supposed to carry what you seek and ask them if it's on the air yet (it might not be) and if it is, how to get it.
You may be told that your TV set is too old to get sub-channels. If that's the problem, this might be a good time to consider a new set. They're real cheap these days and you might find yourself getting a much better picture and/or a lot more new channels.
Next possibility: Do you get your TV signals via a cable service? If you do and they ain't got it, here's something you really oughta do and I'll put it in all caps and bold so as to "shout it" a little at you: CALL YOUR CABLE COMPANY AND TELL THEM YOU WANT IT!!!
Do this when you have a little time because if your cable company is anything like the ones I've had and canceled, they may keep you on hold for the life expectancy of a Seychelles giant tortoise. But there's also a good chance you'll reach someone in time to still go out and vote in the November election. Ask for Customer Service and if the person you get there doesn't know if they're planning on adding it or how to pass along word that one of their subscribers wants it, ask to speak to someone who knows something. Who knows? There might actually be such a person on the premises.
If that fails, do you have a Roku TV? One that gets its signals via the Internet? Then you can get MeTV Toons. All you have to do is to subscribe to either frndly or Philo. frndly is cheaper but each service comes with a lot of other channels and you might decide that Philo is worth the higher price.
I used to get my TV from Spectrum but I canceled it for a number of reasons, some of which you may be able to guess from the paragraph above the one above this paragraph. I have great super-fast Internet service — obviously not from Spectrum — so I got a Roku TV and am very happy with it. Those sets aren't that expensive either and you get an infinite number of channels you never heard of.
I just discovered one that airs old episodes of Celebrity Bowling where you can tune in and watch Billy Barty and Dick Martin bowl against John Schuck and Michael Ansara. That is a real channel and real must-see television. Whoever said The Sopranos was the greatest thing ever on TV didn't know what the hell he was talking about.
Disclaimer: I am not an employee of nor do I get paid anything by MeTV Toons. I just like the channel and I have a feeling I'll like it even more as it matures, gets wider penetration into the marketplace and its programmers get a better feel for what its audience wants.
